Production IG vs Gainax vs Madhouse vs Bones
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 22, 2010 07:59 JST
- Tags: Bones, Character Design, Comparison, Gainax, Madhouse, Production IG
The artists of top anime studios Production IG, Gainax, Madhouse and Bones each provide an image comparing the most iconic characters of their studios – just which studio is victorious is doubtless in the eye of the beholder.
Shaft’s characters weren’t ready in time, and Gonzo ran out of money before starting. Kyoto Animation announced its participation but then delayed before supplying some old pictures of Haruhi.
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+100 cool points to BONES.
BONES wins, in terms of animation and writing I like their works the most. Eureka seveN is my favorite anime of all time, and FMA brotherhood and Xamd are near the top of my list.
yea BONES!! Edward and Hei are my two favorites in there.
For art style, I'd say Gainax is the best. But for writing, I'd go with bones for sure.
too bad that gainax doesn't have a any iconic male characters
"too bad that gainax doesn't have a any iconic male characters"
Kamina would like to have a word with you.
LOL you be joking. You mean other than Shinji, Kamina, Simon, and Naota.
O.o kamina doesnt count?
Shinji was the most painfull excuse for a male lead character. He acted so much like a girl he would have been better portrayed as a trap.
Is this before or after he jerked off over an unconscious girl? He's still iconic though and is has started the horrible trend of emo mecha pilots.
Most 14 year olds with low self esteem are pussies. Shinji was never a hero type of character. He was a cowardly wanker (literally), main type of character.
Strong male character? Not by a longshot. Memorable? Definitely yes. Some like him, some of us hate him. Still, one of the most memorable characters ever.
The trend for emo mecha pilots started before Shinji in that little series called Mobile Suit Gundam
To denote Shinji as "emo" in the derogatory sense of the word does no justice to how great is his character.
This kind of discussion is exactly the proof that Gainax's characters are memorable... in more than one way.
gonzo would have win
sadly the financial problem
Hafta agree there, FMA and Eureka seveN top my list as well. I'm even a fan of Ouran (was a hilarious show). They have a very colorful art style, and are fantastic storytellers.
IG and Gainax still have some awesome icons. GitS and Evangelion are among the shows that got me into anime, and I doubt I'm alone.
I thought I would hate Ouran and it turned out to be fantastic and I thank Bones completely for that.
Dont forget RahXephon :P
Bones has alot of win there. Yea E7 is my favorite anime as well although I despised Xam'd.
Madhouse and Bones have the shittiest series/legacy without ANY doubt...
reasons being?
Poor faggot
Yeah, stuff like all Satoshi Kons work. They did the adaptions of Monster, NANA, Legend of Galactic Heroes and the list goes on. I would say that the picture doesn't really represent the strongest. Madhouse is so underrated.
i agree. madhouse is underrated. its a close call, but bones is definetly the worst of the bunch. eureka 7? seriously?
Holy 8-14yo shounen fanboys, lol..
Did I "mess with" some of the shounen fans saying that?
Eureka 7 was good, but how can it even compare to the likes of Gurren Lagann, FLCL, and Evangelion?
What I want to know is where the hell is Sunrise??
What I want to know is where the hell is Shaft?
Yeah! DtB FTW!
Gainax wins instantly because of Haruko but I'm disappointed that they didn't include Noriko.
Gainax wins before Production IG and Madhouse.
Lulz at the comments for Gonzo and KyoAni.
THEY ALL WIN!!! enuf said
Comment by ExtrovertedOtaku
08:47 22/02/2010 # ! Quality (+1.0)
THEY ALL WIN!!! enuf said""
+1,345,234,23 plus tenth fold that sum up of point for you .
wut?... -_- your randomness does not impress...
be nice, he was agreeing with you
Fine, I wont bite. *meow*
i'd give it to Bones just because it has much more recent quality anime released.
Gainax's most recent one was TTGL which is what, 3 years ago?
So,
1. Bones
2. IG
3. Gainax
4. Madhouse
You are right. Gainax hasn't done anything amazing lately and the best anime lately come from Bones. But Bones pretty much put all there great in that picture. They don't have much else than those.
BTW i can't believe that Madhouse chose not to include characters from Death Note, Black Lagoon, NANA and Hellsing Ultimate and they preferred to put someone like Dante. If they had put those in there, people wouldn't put them last on the list. And is that Lelouch there? I didn't think Madhouse had anything to do with Code Geass. Am i wrong?
IG has Ghost in the Shell and Blood+. Those two are amazing so i like them. They chose not to include there latest hit "Kimi ni Todoke". As i hear that anime has a lot of fans. Also IG worked with Gainax for the "End of Evangelion" movie.
I would put it like this:
Madhouse
IG
Bones
Gainax(I love Evangelion but i don't think TTGL was epic as people say and can't find anything else very great)
Madhouse and IG get first places because they have a rich production list. If only Madhouse didn't screw up the ending of Claymore. They would have another up there. Hope they make a new one some day with the full manga story.
Gainaz FTW, all of their animes were awesome, and now they're makin evangelion even better *¬* Madhouse is close though, i love Ultimate hellsing, (as well as lots of their other animes XP) but Tengen Toppa is unbeatable. Bones is good, but i always end up with a face like =S when i finish an anime. About IG...i hate the stye, even if GITS was awesome, everything else...
The "Lelouche-lookalike" in the Madhouse picture is Kamui from Clamp's X/1999.
All Clamp characters lookalike, because they are all stick people.
Clamp suck really bad at manga.
Also theres that hellghast look alike in IGs pic o.o
To Sylar: You have just proven a long standing point of mine that Lelouch is simply a recycled character. Thank you. I have been unable to watch Geass simply because I keep seeing Kamui staring back at me.
I'd like to say that Hanamaru Youchien is a Gainax project. That is all.
you are referring to Jin Roh
which is what hellghast was copying their design from, not the other way around.
Jin Roh was based on Kerberos saga and the design have been around since 1990s.
i would sort it the same as you, in a technical level ig wins over bones, but i still prefer bones works, so i'm with you
madhouse looks weak standing side to these other companies, but they are really good too
"Kyoto Animation announced its participation but then delayed before supplying some old pictures of Haruhi."
Leon, I see what you did thar.
no shafts was the best
I lol more at the "Shaft’s characters weren’t ready in time" XD Much like their anime production...the irony lol
that was the joke
There was missing SUNRISE too... but I think that they could put some other thing than GUNDAMS...XD
I'll say Production I.G wins, mostly cause i've enjoyed most if not all releases by them. And they got Masamune Shirow's stuff.
+ quality
Production IG have it over all others
GitS Stand Alone Complex ftw
The comment won instantly, despite all the efforts of the competitors.
*as in this:
Shaft’s characters weren’t ready in time, and Gonzo ran out of money before starting. Kyoto Animation announced its participation but then delayed before supplying some old pictures of Haruhi.
Funny ^^
They say "you can judge a man by his shoes" and possibly in this case "you can judge a studio by its music"
They all win in one way on another due to the fact that they all produced great anime
Agreed. These are quite frankly the best in the business.
Gainax for me. I mean seriously Haruko, Rei, Yoko, etc. Plus that Gainax bounce.